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Patented March 29, 1904.

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. EDWARD LQBUCKINGHAM, orA BEooKiNGes, SOUTH DAKoTA, AssIGoE or ONE-HALE rro JEssE M. IOWA.

KEITH AND H.. D. QHAIJL, OF'DES MOINES,

srncrnicfifrrolvZfermilgpm er Letters Patent No."755,997, dateailirarehvae, 1904.

- Appiieeuen met December 7,1903. serial Ne. 184,001. (No model.)

' To @ZZ whom, t may .concer-n:

- Be it kn own th at I, EDWARD L. BUCKINGHAM,

' a citizen of the United States of America, and

- a resident of Brookings, Brookings county,

` proved means for supporting thills independf South Dakota, have invented'a new and useful Thill Support, of which the following is a specification. .l Y

The object of this invention is to provide iment of and auxiliary to means employed to attach said thills to an axle.

My inventionl consists inV the construction, arrangement, and combination of elements hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings,

" in Which-- Figure 1 is a view transversely of an axle,l showing my device apphed in such manner as' to sustain a thill in its uppermost position.

Fig. 2is a view similar'to Fig. 1, showing my` device applied to a thill in its normal position.

Fig. 3 is a detail view of a thill-clip and sevf eral parts attachablethereto. Fig. 4 is a view of an axle-clip, partly in section. Fig. 5 is a front elevation .of the axle-clip shownin Fig.

4, said clip positioned as required for practical use. l

This invention relates to and is an improvement on Letters Patent of the United States No. 560,967, granted to me on the 26th day ofv` May, 1896.

In the construction of the device as shown the numeral designates an axle, 11 a thill, and 12 13 members of a thill-coupling Whereby the thill is hinged or pivoted to and supported by the axle. A supporting-clip 14 is provided and formed .with a base extending beneath the axle 10 and provided with forkarms 15 16 on its forward end. The base of the clip 14 is curved or otherwise shaped to conform to the lower surface of the axle 10, and a lug or shoulder 17 on each of the forkarms 15 16 extends upward in frontof and in contact with said axle. The base of the clip embrace the axle'lO or an axle-bar or cap-piece 19, mounted thereon. 'Ihe arm 18 terminates in a threaded bolt'20,`integral therewith, and

the threaded portion of said arm may be carried between the forkarms 15 16 of the base and secured `therein by means of a nut screwed thereon.v When the threaded portion 20 of the arm 18 is confined between the fork-arms 15 16 of the base by the nut 21, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, thev clip 14 thereby is. rigidly mounted on the axle'10.' Since various sizes of axles and axle-,bars are lemployed in; various styles of vehicles and implements, it will be desirable to make the supporting-clips 14 in various sizes in order that each clip may fit snugly and bind upon one or another form, size, or character of axle, and-when so mounted be immovable torsionally of said An arm 22 is formed on and extends clip is provided and formed of a base 24, ari 11. A strap or arm is formed integral with the base 24- and preferably is ductile or malleable in order that it may be bent around and caused to embrace the thill. or arm 25 terminates in afork 26 and is formed with a shoulder 27, designed to contact with the base 24 when the device is folded and mounted as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Athreaded bolt or stud 28 is formed on and extends downward from the base 24 of the thill-clip and is arranged to be embraced by the fork 26 at times, said fork held in position on said bolt or stud by a nut 29, removable and replaceable thereon. A threaded bolt or stud 30 is formed on and projects laterally from the base 24 of the thill-clip, preferably at right angles to the stud or bolt 28, and a slidebearing 81 is mounted thereon and confined by a nut 32 and washer 33. The slide-bearing A81 has a horizontal aperture to receive the threaded stud or bolt -30 and also has an aperture 34 at right angles to the first for a purpose about to be made plain. A supportingrod 35 is provided and is formed with a coil ranged for contact with one side of the thill The strap or coils 36 in one end portion and a hook 37, projecting from said coil or coils. The supporting-rod 35 preferably is made of springsteel, and the hook 37 thereof is mounted removably and replaceably in the curved aperture 23 of the arm 22 of the supporting-clip 14. The rod 35 extends through the aperture or slide-seat 34 in the bearing 31, and a collar 38 is mounted on and fixed by means of a setscrew 39 to the rod. The outer end portion of the rod 35 is threaded, and a nut 40 is mounted thereon. It Will be observed that the bearing 31 is between the collar 38 and nut 40 on the rod'35.

In practical use, the parts mounted as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the supporting-rod 35 tends by reason of the resilience of its coil or coils 36 to lift the thill 11 through engagement of the slide-bearing 31. It is desirable to make the rod 35 of such length that when the thill is on the ground the nut 40 on the extremity of said be adjusted longitudinally of the rod 35 to the mal.

desired degree and locked thereto by the setscrew 39. The collar 38 is employed to prevent the thill rising with such force and to such degree as to damage the dash of the vehicle to which the thill is attached. It is desirable to make the rod 35 of such resilience that it will sustain the thill 11 When said thill is placed in the elevated position. (Shown in Fig. 1.) It may be found desirable in some classes of Work to make the rod 35 of such resilience as to lift the thills independently of any manual operation Whenever said thills are detached from the harness of the draft-ani- Such construction is indicated when the thill-support is employed in conjunction with a horse-detaching mechanism, in which event the thills would rise when the horse is detached and prevent contact thereof with the ground, at the same time bringing the thills into position for manual operation to guide the vehicle.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a thill-support, a supporting-clip comprising a base, an arm or strap integral with said base and arranged to embrace an axle, an arm on said base, a resilient rod mounted on said latter arm, a thill-clip embracing said rod and means for limiting the movement of the thill-clip relative to said rod.

2. In a thill-support, an axle-clip, a thillclip, a slide-bearing pivoted on the thill-clip, and a resilient rod mounted on the axle-clip and extending through said slide-bearing.

3. In a thill-support, an axle-clip, a thill clip, a slide-bearing pivoted on the thill-clip, and a resilient rod formed with a hook engaging the axle-clip, a coil or coils adjacent said hook'and a body portion extending through said slide-bearing, together` with means for adjusting the movement of the slide-bearing relative to said rod.

4. Ina thill-support, athill-clip, comprising a base,.threaded studs on said base, a strap on said base arranged for engagement with one of said threaded studs, means for attaching said strap to said stud, a bearing on the other of said studs and a rod connected to an axle and extending through said bearing.

5. In a thill-support, an axle-clip, a strap on said axle-clip, a fork on said axle-clip, and inefltins for fixing one end of said strap in said 6. In a thill-support, a thill-clip, a stud on said thill-clip, aforked strap on said clip, embracing said stud, means for fixing said forked strap to said stud, and a bearing mounted on said clip.

Signed by me at Brookings, South Dakota, this 5th day of October, 1903.

EDWARD L. BUCKINGHAM.

Witnesses:

NoNA G. MURPHY, WALLACE E. PURDY. 

